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PHILIPPINE LITERATURELiterature During U.S. Colonization
By: Lumahod, Arcelyn S.
NOTABLE WORKS
• Sarsuwela
• Footnote To Youth
• How my brother Leon brought home a wife?
• Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas
• Wanted: Chaperon
SARSUWELA
• It is a play with singing and dancing
• Also known as “zarzuela”
• Dulang inawitan o dulang hinunihan
FOOTNOTE TO
YOUTH• A short story
• A story of a boy who was only 17 years old when he decides to marry his loved one.
HOW MY
BROTHER LEON
BROUGHT HOME
A WIFE• A story written by Manuel Arguilla
about a man who comes home to his province to introduce his wife from the city to his family.
KAHAPON,
NGAYON AT
BUKAS • A drama symbolic in three acts written by Aurelio Tolentino in 1903.
• First staged at the “Teatro Libertad” in Manila on May 15, 1903.
• Considered as Tolentino’s most significant contribution to Filipino drama and most seditious drama of the era.
WANTED:
CHAPERON• A play in one act, written and
directed by Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero.
• Jose Villa Panganiban translated it as “Kailangan Isang Tsaperon”
• This household comedy tells about conflicts among a rich couple and their children because of their opposing views on behavior and on family norms.
NOTABLE
AUTHORS
• Severino Reyes
• Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
• Fernando Ma. Guerrero
• Cecilio Apostol
• Jose Corazon de Jesus
• Benigno R. Ramos
NOTABLE
AUTHORS
• Patricio Mariano
• Carlos Bulosan
• Faustino Aguilar
• Manuel Arguilla
• Marcel Navarra
• Magdalena Jatandoni
DRAMATIST• Severino Reyes
• Was a Filipino writer, playwright and director of plays
• He used the pen name “Lola Basyang.”
• He was nicknamed “Don Binoy.”
• Reyes is known as the “Father of Tagalog Plays” and as the father of the tagalog “zarzuela”
• Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
• Was born in Ermita, Manila
• He has extensively observed the theater and drama school
POETRY• Fernando Ma. Guerrero
• An author of “Crisalidas” (1914) and “To Spain”
• He was a Filipino politician, journalist, lawyer and polyglot who became a significant figure during the Philippine golden period of Spanish literature.
• Cecilio Apostol• His poems were once used to teach Spanish
language under the Republic Act No. 1881
• He was born in Sta. Cruz, Manila
• Works: “Pentilicas” and “Crisalidad”• Poetry collections representing Spanish
writings at its liveliest
POETRY• Jose Corazon de Jesus
• Also known as “Huseng Batute”
• Is one of the greatest Philippine poets and is acknowledged as the “King of Balagtasan”
• Works: “Mga Gintong Dahon” and “Sa Dakong Silangan”
• Benigno R. Ramos• Was an advocate for the independence of
the Philippine from the United States who collaborated with Japan
• Ramos was also noted as a writer of poetry with a collection: “Mga Agam-agam” and other poems due for publication
NOVELIST• Patricio Mariano
• Was a Filipino nationalist, revolutionary, pundit, novelist and short story writer.
• He was a katipunero member and the son of Petronilo Mariano and Dionisia Geronimo
• Works: Anak ng Dagat, Ang Mga Anak ng Dalita, Ang Tala sa Panghulo
• Carlos Bulosan
• Was an English language Filipino novelist and poet who spent most of his life in the United States
• His best known work was the “America is in the Heart”
NOVELIST• Faustino Aguilar
• Was a Filipino novelist, journalist and the editor of the periodical “Taliba”
• He wrote novels in the social realist vein, including Busabos ng Palad, Sa Ngalan ng Dios, and Ang Patawad ng Patay
• He was also a member of the “Katipunan”
SHORT STORY
• Marcel Navarra• Known as the “The Father of Modern Cebuano
Literature”
• Born in Tuyom, Carcar
• He spent most of his life writing almost 80 short stories which were published in Cebuano magazines
• Works: At Ako’y Inanod, Tungod sa Kayagang, Si Zosimo
• Manuel Arguilla• Is an acclaimed short story writer as well as a
patriot and a guerilla hero
• He is known for his widely anthologize short story, “How my brother brought home a wife”
• His other works are “Midsummer”, “Heat” and “A Son Is Born”
SHORT STORY
• Magdalena Jalandoni
• Was a Filipino feminist writer
• She is now remembered as one of the most prolific writers in the Hiligaynon language, from Western Visayas
• Her works are said to have left permanent a significant milestone in Philippine literature
• Works: Si Anabella, Sa Kapaang Sang Inaway (“In the Heat of War”), Ang Dalaga sa Tindahan
SIGNIFICANT
DEVELOPMENTS• The introduction of free public
instruction for all children of school age.
• The use of English as medium of instruction in all levels of education in public school.
FREE PUBLIC
• Education made knowledge and information accessible to a greater number of Filipinos
• The use of English as medium of instruction introduced past Filipinos to Anglo-American modes of thought, culture, and life ways that would be embedded not only in literature produced but also in the psyche of the countries educated class.